Guest Instructors
Ellen Watson
Ellen Watson is celebrating her 27th year on staff at Esalen Institute, where she studies, practices, and teaches various modalities of moving meditation practice. A licensed minister, Ellen believes that the core of all healing begins in the realm of the heart and the Spirit.
Ellen is a teacher of Esalen® Massage, Gabrielle Roth's 5Rhythms™, Holotropic™ Breathwork, SpiritDance, The Art of Essential Touch, and Your Body is a Musical Instrument. From 1984 through 2003, Ellen developed and administered the Movement Arts Program at Esalen. In 1996, she founded MovingVentures™ School, a 501c3, whose mission is education in the somatic arts, focusing on women and men in developing countries, and the southern USA.
Til Luchau
Til Luchau has a diverse background that includes experience and contributions in fields like somatic psychology, structural integration, organizational and leadership development, and conflict resolution, Til's ability to connect interdisciplinary, big picture ideas to practical, real-world applications has made his trainings and events popular worldwide.
Formerly a resident practitioner at the Esalen Institute, Chair of the Rolf Institute's Teacher Training Committee, and Adjunct Faculty member of Naropa University's Somatic Psychology Department, he has trained thousands of practitioners in his popular courses at schools and centers in over a dozen countries on five continents.
Suzanne Scurlock
Suzanne Scurlock is one of the world’s leading authorities on conscious awareness and its transformational impact on the healing process.
One of the original instructors personally mentored by the late Dr. John E. Upledger, Suzanne also continues to teach CranioSacral Therapy and SomatoEmotional Release for the Upledger Institute on nearly every continent. What’s more, she collaborated with the late Emilie Conrad for almost two decades. Together they integrated Emilie’s Continuum Movement with Suzanne’s Full Body Presence to teach other practitioners how to accelerate and deepen the healing process.
She is the author of Reclaiming Your Body: Healing from Trauma and Awakening to Your Body’s Wisdomand Full-Body Presence: Learning to Listen to Your Body’s Wisdom.
PEGGY HORAN
Peggy Horan has been practicing and teaching Esalen massage for over 5 decades at Esalen Institute. She is one of the legacy holders in the tradition of classical Esalen massage, having begun her training in the late 60"s at Esalen.
She also has been a midwife in Big Sur, a student of movement, yoga, psychology and now in a Teacher Training in Mindfulness Meditation. She has taught programs in Esalen massage at all levels as well as been part of the faculty in Teacher Training. She is a long time resident of Big Sur, wife, mother and grandmother. Her practice is expanding to include coaching to support others on their spiritual journey.